After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, she became the favorite of the Beijing group

Niu Niu noticed her mother's uneasiness at the first moment.

"Mom, do I have to go? I don't want to go." Niuniu said.

Zhang Yunniang held her daughter's soft little hand and smiled helplessly: "Master Guo took you to play because he wanted to spend more time with you. He has a loving father's heart."

Niu Niu frowned: "But it's rare to have a holiday, and I want to stay with you and dad at home."

Zhang Yuniang didn't want to wrong her daughter, and was even more afraid that the Xianguo Guild would take her daughter away, but she had no position to reject her biological father's idea of ​​getting close to her daughter.

"I don't like him either!" Niu Niu said.

When Zhang Yuniang heard this, she was so frightened that she immediately covered her daughter's mouth: "Good boy, you can't say this outside."

If the daughter doesn't like her father, if it falls into the ears of others, they won't pay attention to the real reason. They will just arbitrarily feel that Niuniu is unfilial.

Niu Niu pursed her lips: "It's troublesome to be an adult. You can't talk about whether you like it or not, and you have to waste precious time on someone you don't like."

Zhang Yunniang glanced at her daughter distressedly and said, "Do you still remember what your parents taught you before? To judge whether a person is good or bad, in addition to relying on your first reaction, you can also contact the person carefully and think more and look more. , so as not to misunderstand others.”

Niu Niu lowered her head: "Okay, I will go and get to know him well today."

Although she only went out for a short time, Zhang Yuniang was still worried that her daughter would feel uncomfortable on the road, so she prepared a lot of things for her to use when going out.

Gu Mingda took matters into his own hands and put the big bag of things on the carriage. He turned to Duke Xian and said, "My lord, Niu Niu has always been naughty. If there is anything about her that makes you unhappy, just tell me and I will deal with it later." Take good care of it.”

Duke Xian smiled and agreed. Naturally, he understood what Gu Mingda meant. Gu Mingda didn't really want to deal with Niu Niu. He was just telling Duke Xian that if Niuniu did something wrong, the couple would be responsible. I was afraid that Duke Xian would bully Niuniu.

Under the reluctant gazes of the Gu family, Duke Xian's carriage set off towards the outside of the city.

Duke Xian originally planned to take Niu Niu out alone, but at Qin Jing's suggestion, he also took Qin Jingshu with him.

Qin Jing originally wanted to take Qin Er with him, but Qin Er disappeared early in the morning, and he himself was urgently called back by the Yamen.

The servants all sat in the carriage at the back. Only Duke Xian and his two daughters sat in the carriage at the front.

"Niuniu, our farm in Duke Xian's mansion not only has chickens, ducks and fish, but also deers and peacocks. You will definitely like it!" Duke Xian said in a coaxing tone.

Niu Niu glanced at him and nodded obediently: "Thank you, Duke Xian."

"You kid, this title is too foreign. I'm still waiting for you to call me daddy." Duke Xian complained softly.

Niu Niu pursed her lips. In her heart, her father was Gu Mingda, and she couldn't tell others about it.

Duke Xian was also a flexible person. Seeing the atmosphere in the carriage becoming awkward, he smiled and patted Niu Niu: "Okay, okay, you are not familiar with dad yet and don't want to call me. Daddy doesn't blame you either. But you have to remember that daddy values ​​you most."

When Niuniu heard the word "valued", she felt it was strange, but she couldn't figure out why it was strange.

Qin Jingshu never spoke, huddled in the corner as if she didn't exist, and Duke Xian didn't mention his adopted daughter intentionally.

Niu Niu walked closer to her good friend and asked in a low voice: "Jingshu, why are you ignoring me?"

Qin Jingshu looked at Niuniu, her eyes full of guilt: "I...I'm sorry for you...I don't know what to say to you..."

When she thought about how Niuniu was almost bullied to death by the Zhang family when she was a child and faced life and death problems, she couldn't help but feel guilty. Although Mrs. Xian Guo was not an easy mother to get along with, her life was obviously not in danger in Xian Guo's mansion.

Niu Niu frowned slightly: "Why are you looking at me with such strange eyes? As if I am a poor thing?"

Qin Jingshu paused after hearing this.

Duke Xian grabbed his adopted daughter's shoulders and said, "Jingshu feels sorry for you, and I hope you can forgive her."

Niuniu felt even more strange: "I have the best parents in the world, and I don't feel wronged at all."

Duke Xian was heartbroken and just said: "Niuniu, don't worry, you will be the first among Duke Xian's girls from now on. Jing Shu won't dare to compete with you."

Qin Jingshu had been greeted by her adoptive father a long time ago. She nodded vigorously when she heard this: "I know that I am just the daughter of the second wife, and I dare not ask for more..."

Niuniu interrupted her.

"Is anyone bullying you in Duke Xian's palace?" Niuniu asked.

Qin Jingshu wanted to say that someone was bullying her.

Ever since her life experience was exposed, and somehow the news got out among the servants, her life was actually very sad during this period, and almost everyone looked at her with strange eyes.

It was as if she was a thief who didn't deserve what she had, and everything sent to her yard during this time was excessive.

She also tried to complain to her mother, but was dismissed by Mrs. Xianguo in a few words.

According to her adoptive mother, "Gu Xi used to sleep in a woodshed and eat rotten vegetable leaves. She never complained about suffering. Why do you complain about suffering?"

Qin Jingshu's treatment in the Duke's Mansion had plummeted, and she had been trying to hold on. When she was hungry in the middle of the night, she lay in bed scratching her head and couldn't sleep, and kept thinking about whether Niu Niu had suffered worse than her before.

"I... didn't... no one bullied me..." Qin Jingshu felt guilty enough towards Niu Niu, and didn't want to make her good friend upset because of her own affairs.

Niu Niu tilted her head and looked at her: "You have lost a lot of weight, and your eyes are full of red bloodshot. Have you not slept well during this period? Have you suffered any grievances?"

Qin Jingshu's nose was sour. Even if she was mature, she was just an eight-year-old child. She couldn't hold back her tears.

Niu Niu hurriedly grabbed her hand.

Xian Guogong also said on the side: "Jingshu is the lady of the Duke's Mansion. How could someone wrong her?"

But Niu Niu didn't listen to Xian Guogong's one-sided words, but said to Qin Jingshu: "We are good friends, we should be honest with each other, don't hide it from me."

Qin Jingshu threw herself into Niu Niu's arms and burst into tears.

Xian Guogong on the side had an ugly face.

"They bullied me... They didn't give me proper meals... Those meals were all rotten..." Qin Jingshu said intermittently.

Niuniu's face immediately puffed up, and she turned around and questioned Duke Xian: "Why do you bully Qin Jingshu? You actually gave Jingshu rotten meals! The people in the Duke's Mansion are bad!"

Duke Xian had no idea about these little things in the inner house. He just felt that a big black pot was put on his head out of thin air. Even if he was dissatisfied with Qin Jingshu, he would not let his adopted daughter eat rotten meals. Duke Xian's Mansion was not without money!